Wrecked old Fords

[bk53]

she lived in Maple Ridge north west of Standish

My grandmother and her father were both born in Maple Ridge, she in 1911.
I never met anyone else from there. GGGrandad was Fred Charles Smith.

thanks for joggin my memory.

 

[FL&WVMIKE]

Here is a Model "A" FORD, that caught fire, back in the day.
MIKE
CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE - Twice

 

[David J]

Hey Mikey , Oddball model to boot on the A BUT I like the 33 poking itz nose into the last pic . By todays standards the A looks restorable ? David J

 

[brien]

The Fabulous Flying Fifty!

WOW Notice the police officer has his gun drawn and aimed at the car. A get-away chase perhaps?

 

[Marv]

Probably a movie. Notice the flatbed truck half hidden behind the police car. I can not see the ramp on the side of the truck bed but i know it is there. Marv

 

[V8COOPMAN]

The ramp is visible thru the two driver-side windows of the cop car. DD

 

[VeryTangled]

Back to the '37 Cabriolet from posts #36 and #39. Correct info about it being the Dutch Prince behind the wheel. I read that he'd hit a truck filled with 5-6 tons of sand. There was one passenger, neither injured seriously, but there was a mention of them bumping heads against the windshield, but not breaking the glass. I found a couple of more shots at this website, you'll have to translate the Dutch, I used Google Translate. http://hethistorischatelier.blogspot.com/2012/12/de-crash-van-prins-bernhard-bij-diemen.html

Also added a shot of another wreck.

-VT/Jeff

 

[V8COOPMAN]

ZEP wreck! DD

 

[itsa52]

Jeff, gotta love the last picture.. Kind of leaves you hanging..(pun intended)

 

[flat-v8]

WOW Notice the police officer has his gun drawn and aimed at the car. A get-away chase perhaps?

That's Barney Fife! Opie's driving the 50 Ford

 

[VeryTangled]

Hi Everyone, Bringing up this old thread because I saw this on the NASCAR website today.

Caption: May 6, 1951: Earl Moss' Ford is wrecked in the Martinsville race that Curtis Turner won. Photo Credit: Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images

And the original page where there are lot of other wrecked race cars and trucks.
http://galleries.nascar.com/gallery/1012/martinsville-mayhem-years-of-crumpled-cars#/0

 

[Ken/Alabama]

That carb sure is up high. Is that a riser? Or one carb from say a thickstun intake.

It looks like it knocked the front carb completely off.

 

[slowforty]

Look at my Avatar. result of distracted driving. One of these days I will figure out how to post pictures.

 

[flatford8]

The Fabulous Flying Fifty!

Fabulous Flying Fortynine!

 

[19Fordy]

The insurance company totaled my avatar back in '64.
Fortunately, it was then bought and "reborn". Needed a new front axle, running board, hood,rear fender,grille, etc. Thank goodness local Poughkeepsie, NY junk yards still had some 40's back then.

 

[Bob NH]

Some of you folks might know of this web site and some might like to see why you can't find good old 32 to 34 coupes these days. Check out "catamountstadium" Lots people from NH tracks I remember racing back in the day.

 

[DavidG]

Here are a couple of '32 open car accidents in Europe.

 

[cas3]

drifting abit here, back to post 32 with the flying 34 at the minnesota state fair, i didnt see that but they also had a photo taken when steam trains were all done, 40s or so, and they laid tracks in front of the grandstand and had two steamers crash head on!!! now thats entertainment!

 

[Lawson Cox]

Are those UFOs in the picture????

 

[rockfla]

How about shot and bombed of the "German Ford" variety.